EP3339972A1 - Uhr, die mit einer tag-/nachtanzeige ausgestattet ist und die jahreszeitlichen änderungen berücksichtigt - Google Patents

Uhr, die mit einer tag-/nachtanzeige ausgestattet ist und die jahreszeitlichen änderungen berücksichtigt Download PDF

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EP3339972A1
EP3339972A1 EP17195835.8A EP17195835A EP3339972A1 EP 3339972 A1 EP3339972 A1 EP 3339972A1 EP 17195835 A EP17195835 A EP 17195835A EP 3339972 A1 EP3339972 A1 EP 3339972A1
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Dominique Léchot
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/26—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like
    • G04B19/262—Clocks or watches with indicators for tides, for the phases of the moon, or the like with indicators for astrological informations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/04—Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/04—Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like
    • G04B19/044—Mounting and setting of the hands on the axle
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/22—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces
    • G04B19/226—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces three-dimensionally shaped, e.g. terrestrial globes, cylinders and the like

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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a watch movement and means for indicating the sunrise and sunset taking into account seasonal variations, said means comprising a sphere reproducing the globe, a support, and a circle mounted on the support and arranged concentrically to the sphere, the circle being arranged to indicate the position of the terrestrial terminator, and the circle and the sphere being arranged to be rotatable relative to each other, at the rate of one turn per 24 hours, around a first axis corresponding to the polar axis of the earth, and to be able to pivot relative to each other along a second axis perpendicularly intersecting the first axis in the center of the sphere, the circle being mounted pivoting on the support around the second axis, the means for indicating the sunrise and sunset also comprising an annual cam having a profile representative of the relative inclination e of the Sun relative to the equatorial plane and arranged to be rotated by the movement at a rate of one revolution per year, a cam follower arranged
  • the duration of the day is the time included, each day, between the moment when the upper limb of the Sun appears to the east above the horizon, at sunrise, until its disappearance to the west below of the horizon, at sunset. Whatever the time, there is always half of the surface of the globe which is illuminated by the Sun, and another half which is in the shadow.
  • the term terrestrial terminator is the line of demarcation between the part of the Earth which is illuminated and that which is in the shadow.
  • the terrestrial terminator is a large circle that surrounds the globe. This large circle extends in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun (called the plane of the ecliptic). We can still note that the center of the Earth is on the line of intersection between these two planes.
  • the length of the day varies throughout the year and also depends on the latitude. This variation is caused by the inclination of the axis of rotation of the Earth on itself with respect to the plane of the ecliptic. This inclination corresponds by definition to the latitude of the tropics which is ⁇ 23 ° 27 '.
  • the duration of the day is shortest during the December solstice in the northern hemisphere, and June in the southern hemisphere. At the equinoxes, the duration of the day is equal to that of the night on the whole Earth.
  • timepieces arranged to indicate the current position of the limit between day and night and which correspond to the definition given in the preamble above. These include descriptions in patent documents EP 2,911,013 , EP 2 977 832 and EP 3,007,012 in the name of the plaintiff. The use and design of these timepieces, however, present a number of difficulties.
  • the circle and globe are arranged to be driven by the motion so as to rotate relative to each other at the rate of one turn per 24 hours to provide an indication of the current position. of the terrestrial terminator on the surface of the globe.
  • the hour wheel of a timepiece normally performs one revolution in 12 hours, it can advantageously serve as a driving element for this rotation. It suffices for him to associate for example a reduction gear having a ratio equal to 1 ⁇ 2.
  • a problem with such a configuration is that, when one acts on the needles of the timepiece to switch from summer time to winter time for example, the indication of the current position the terrestrial terminator on the globe moves without it corresponding to a real movement of the Sun in the sky.
  • An object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art.
  • the invention achieves this goal by providing a watch movement according to the appended claim 1.
  • the watch movement comprises a time shift mechanism operable manually and arranged to rotate the mobile hours, step by step, regardless of the clockwork.
  • a time shift mechanism operable manually and arranged to rotate the mobile hours, step by step, regardless of the clockwork.
  • the watch movement also comprises, on the one hand, a second kinematic chain which connects the movable hours to the circle or sphere, so as to cause the circle or the sphere so that one rotates relative to the other, at the rate of one turn per 24 hours, and on the other hand , a disengagement mechanism arranged to disengage the second kinematic chain when the time shift mechanism and implemented to rotate the mobile hours in order to change from summer time to the time of winter, or vice versa.
  • a second kinematic chain which connects the movable hours to the circle or sphere, so as to cause the circle or the sphere so that one rotates relative to the other, at the rate of one turn per 24 hours
  • a disengagement mechanism arranged to disengage the second kinematic chain when the time shift mechanism and implemented to rotate the mobile hours in order to change from summer time to the time of winter, or vice versa.
  • the timepiece comprises a calendar mechanism comprising means for displaying the date arranged to be driven via the hours mobile, and a display of the month arranged to be driven by the means for display the date.
  • the annual cam is arranged to be driven through the means for displaying the date.
  • the means for displaying the date are driven by the hours mobile. Under these conditions, when the wearer of the timepiece rotates the mobile hours, step by step, forward or backward, using the time shift mechanism, the correction of the time causes automatically correct the calendar mechanism.
  • the clockwork movement comprises a first hour wheel meshing with the timer, and said timer hour wheel, and a second hour wheel, known as a clock wheel, which is part of the mobile hours.
  • the time shift mechanism comprises a coupling and indexing device which is disengageable and which is arranged to alternately disengage and resolidarize the first and the second wheel rotating hours.
  • the figure 1 attached is a block diagram illustrating the kinematic links associating different mechanisms of a timepiece according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • This extremely summary block diagram represents the transmission channels of the driving force provided by the movement to the different mechanisms using double-thick arrows, and represents the kinematic links which are arranged to transmit the commands entered manually by a user with the help of arrows of more thin.
  • the arrows are kinematic links that connect symbols representing different mechanisms of the timepiece.
  • the mechanisms represented by the symbols are a drive mechanism 103 associating a driving member, a regulating member and an escapement, a minute moving member (referenced 105) which is integral with a minute display member and which is arranged to to be driven at the rate of one revolution per hour by the drive mechanism, a motive of the hours 107 integral in rotation with a display member hours, a timer wheel 106 connecting the mobile minutes to the hours of so that the latter is driven at the rate of one turn every 12 hours, a time shift mechanism (referenced 101) interposed between the timer train 106 and the mobile hours 107.
  • the mobile hours is arranged to accomplish a complete revolution every 12 hours.
  • the mobile hours could alternatively be arranged to rotate at the rate of one turn every 24 hours.
  • the illustrated timepiece further comprises a calendar mechanism 121 which notably comprises means for displaying the date 123 arranged to be driven via the hours mobile 107, and a display of the month 125 arranged for be driven by the means to display the date via monthly training means (referenced 127 in the figure 1 ).
  • the means for displaying the date 123 comprise a date wheel (not shown), and the monthly training means 127 are arranged to increment the display of the month 125 whenever the date wheel moves from the position corresponding to the last day of the month to that corresponding to the first day of the following month.
  • the calendar mechanism 121 of the present description is preferably a perpetual calendar or annual calendar mechanism.
  • the timepiece illustrated further comprises means for indicating the sunrise and sunset taking into account seasonal variations.
  • These means comprise a sphere reproducing the terrestrial globe, a support, and a circle mounted on the support concentrically to the sphere and arranged to indicate the position of the terrestrial terminator.
  • the circle and the sphere are arranged to be driven so as to rotate relative to each other, at the rate of one revolution per 24 hours, around a first axis corresponding to the polar axis of the terrestrial globe.
  • the circle is mounted on the support so as to also pivot relative to the sphere along a second axis intersecting the first axis perpendicular to the center of the sphere.
  • the means for indicating the sunrise and sunset also comprise an annual cam having a profile representative of the relative inclination of the sun with respect to the equatorial plane and arranged to be rotated at the rate of one revolution per year.
  • a cam follower arranged to cooperate with the cam, and a first kinematic chain arranged to connect the cam follower to the circle so that the plane subtended by the circle makes with the first axis an angle equal to the angle of inclination of the Sun with respect to the equatorial plane.
  • the timepiece comprises a sunrise and / or sunset indicator mechanism which comprises a sphere 117 representing the terrestrial globe and a hull 113 in the form of a half-sphere which is arranged concentrically with the sphere 117 so as to darken or mask half of the globe.
  • the hull 117 has a substantially circular rim 113a, and it will be understood that this rim constitutes said circle of means for indicating the sunrise and sunset of the invention.
  • the annual cam is referenced 111 and that it is part of a tilting control mechanism (referenced overall 109). It will be understood that the cam follower (not shown) is also part of the tilt control mechanism.
  • the means for displaying the date 123 are arranged to drive the annual cam 111 via a third kinematic chain 118.
  • the means for displaying the date 123 of the present example comprise a wheel date (not shown), and the third kinematic chain 118 has the form of a gear train arranged downstream of the date wheel and whose ratio gearing is 1/12.
  • the gear train comprises a pinion of 16 teeth integral with the date wheel, a wheel of 48 teeth meshing with the pinion of 16 teeth and secured to a pinion gear of 14 teeth, meshing itself with a wheel of 56 teeth which is integral with the annual cam 111 (the wheels and the gears are not illustrated in the diagram of the figure 1 ).
  • the annual cam is arranged to perform a turn when the date wheel makes twelve. It will therefore be understood that the annual cam 111 and the calendar mechanism 121 are arranged to advance synchronously.
  • the movement of the shadow 113 in the shape of a half-sphere relative to the sphere 117 is the result of the composition of distinct rotations along two perpendicular axes intersecting at the center of the sphere.
  • the first of these two rotations is carried out by the sphere 117 which is arranged to rotate at the rate of one turn in 24 hours around a first of these two axes, and the other rotation corresponds to the pivoting of the shadow 113 in half-sphere shape around the second axis and results in a variation of the angle of inclination of the half-sphere relative to the first axis.
  • the sunrise and / or sunset indicator mechanism 115 is shown twice in FIG. figure 1 .
  • the mechanism 115 is represented a first time to symbolize the rotation of the sphere 117 at the rate of one revolution per 24 hours around the first axis, and a second time to symbolize the pivoting of the shadow 113 around the second axis.
  • the pivoting movement about the second axis is controlled from the annual cam 111 of which the profile is representative of the inclination of the Sun above or below the equatorial plane.
  • the cam follower (not shown) is arranged to transmit the variations in the profile of the cam to the hull 113 in the form of a half-sphere through a first kinematic chain 112.
  • the cam follower invention, the shadow-shaped 113 half-sphere is pivotally mounted on a fixed support, and the arrangement of the indicator mechanism 115, such as that of the first kinematic chain 112, may be compliant for example with what is described in the patent document EP 2,911,013 . This document is incorporated by reference in the present description.
  • the mobile hours 107 is connected to the sphere 117 by a kinematic chain 120 (hereinafter "the second kinematic chain 120").
  • the second kinematic chain is arranged to drive the sphere in rotation so that it rotates about a first axis corresponding to the polar axis of the earth, at the speed of a revolution in 24 hours.
  • the figure 1 still shows a disengagement mechanism 133 arranged so as to disengage on command the second kinematic chain 120.
  • the timepiece whose operation is shown also comprises a certain number of corrective mechanisms which are arranged to be actuated manually by the wearer of the timepiece.
  • a time shift mechanism (referenced 101) is interposed between the timer train 106 and the hours mobile 107.
  • the mechanism 101 may be ordered in two different ways depending on whether the time difference is related to a real change of longitude, following a trip for example, or that it is linked to the passage from winter time to daylight saving time, or vice versa.
  • the wearer of the timepiece changes his time zone during a journey, he can correct the indication of the time using the control rod 131 of the workpiece.
  • the mobile hours 107 drives the calendar mechanism 121 and the annual cam 111.
  • the mobile hours 107 also causes the sphere 117 in its rotation about the first axis. It will therefore be understood that the annual cam 111, the calendar mechanism 121 and the sunrise and / or sunset indicator mechanism 115 are arranged to advance synchronously, not only when they are driven from the mechanism. 103, but also when they are manually driven forward or backward with the control rod 131 in position T2.
  • the wearer of the timepiece can shift the time. indication of the time exactly one hour forward or backward by exerting pressure on the pusher P2.
  • the pusher P2 By pressing on the pusher P2, one actuates on the one hand the time shift mechanism 101, and secondly, it operates simultaneously the clutch mechanism 133, so as to disengage the second kinematic chain 120. It will be understood that disengaging the second drive train during a changeover from summer time to winter time, or vice versa, makes it possible to prevent the movement of the hour hand from having an effect on the relative angular position of the shadow 113 relative to the sphere 117.
  • the timepiece of the present example has a traditional time setting.
  • This time setting allows the wearer of the timepiece to set it on time by using the control rod 131. To do this, he must bring the rod 131 in the T3 position before rotate the crown.
  • the time setting is arranged to drive the timer train 106 which in turn drives the minutes mobile 105 and the hours mobile 107.
  • the mobile hours 107 causes the calendar mechanism 121 and the annual cam 111 via the third kinematic chain 118.
  • the mobile hours 107 also causes the sphere 117 in its rotation about the first axis. It will thus be understood that the annual cam 111, the calendar 121 and the sunrise and / or sunset indicator mechanism 115 are arranged to advance synchronously, also when they are manually driven forward or backward at using the control rod 131 in position T3.
  • the calendar mechanism of the timepiece of the present embodiment also comprises a mechanism for correcting the display of the month 125 of the calendar mechanism 121.
  • the wearer of the timepiece wishes to correct the indication of the month, for example following an indeterminate stop time of the timepiece, it can advance step by step the indication of the month by operating the pusher P1.
  • the actuation of the pusher P1 by the wearer of the timepiece has the effect of driving the date wheel 123 in rotation at high speed.
  • the correction mechanism is arranged so that a single pressure on the pusher suffices to advance the date wheel one full turn if necessary.
  • a movable stop which also comprises the correction mechanism, its function is to stop the date wheel as soon as the latter reaches the angular position corresponding to the indication of the first day of the month, after having exceeded the date 31.
  • the date wheel actuates the monthly training means 127, which has the effect of incrementing the display of the month 125.
  • this correction mechanism of the display of the month has the advantage of keeping the link between the date and the month during the correction.
  • the correction mechanism just explained is known per se. It is described in the publication of EP Patent 2,503,410 called "calendar mechanism with a quick month corrector". This document is incorporated by reference in this patent application.
  • the means for displaying the date 123 are arranged to drive the annual cam 111 via a third kinematic chain 118.
  • the third kinematic chain 118 has the form of a gear train arranged downstream of the date wheel and whose gear ratio is 1/12.
  • the figure 2 annexed is a functional diagram quite similar to that of the figure 1 , but illustrating the kinematic links associating different mechanisms of a timepiece according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the second embodiment is very similar to the first and, in particular, the calendar mechanism, as well as the correction mechanisms arranged to be actuated by the wearer of the timepiece, are identical to those described in connection with the first embodiment.
  • a drive mechanism 203 associating a drive member, a regulating member and an exhaust, a motive minutes (referenced 205) which is integral with a minute display member and which is arranged to be driven to a rhythm of one revolution per hour by the drive mechanism, a mobile of the hours 207 rotatably connected to an hour display member, a timer wheel 206 connecting the mobile minutes to that of the hours so that that the latter is driven at the rate of one turn every 12 hours, a time shift mechanism (referenced 201) interposed between the timer train 206 and the hours mobile 207, a tilt control mechanism ( referenced 209) which comprises an annual cam 211 and a cam follower (not shown), and finally a sunrise and / or sunset indicator mechanism (referenced 215) comprising a sphere 217 reproducing the globe and a shell 213, in the form of a half-sphere, which is arranged concentrically to the sphere.
  • a motive minutes referenced 205
  • a mobile of the hours 207 rotatably connected to
  • the figure 2 still shows a calendar mechanism 221 which notably comprises means for displaying the date 223 arranged to be driven via the hours mobile 207, and a display of the month 225 arranged to be driven by the means for displaying the date via monthly training means (referenced 227).
  • the means for displaying the date 223 comprise a date wheel (not shown), and the monthly training means 227 are arranged to increment the display of the month 225 each time the date wheel moves from the position corresponding to the last day of the month to that corresponding to the first day of the following month.
  • the calendar mechanism 221 of the timepiece according to the second embodiment is preferably a perpetual calendar or annual calendar mechanism.
  • the date display mechanism 223 is arranged to drive the annual cam 211 via a third kinematic chain 218.
  • the third kinematic chain may optionally be identical to the kinematic chain 118 described above in relation to the first exemplary embodiment.
  • the relative movement of the half-sphere 213 and the sphere 217 is the result of the composition of distinct rotations along two perpendicular axes intersecting at the center of the sphere.
  • the semi-sphere-shaped shadow 213 which performs both rotations simultaneously, the sphere 217 being not driven.
  • This mode of operation is made possible by the fact that the support (not shown) on which the shadow 213 is mounted is a rotary support.
  • the hours mobile 207 is connected to the rotary support (not shown) by a kinematic chain 220 (hereinafter "the second kinematic chain 220").
  • the arrangement of the indicator mechanism 215 and that of the second drivetrain 220 may, for example, be in accordance with what is described in one or the other of the documents EP 2 977 832 and EP 3,007,012 . These two documents are incorporated by reference in the present description.
  • a referenced mechanism 216 is interposed between the inclination control mechanism 209 and the indicator mechanism 215.
  • the mechanism 216 has an output connected to the indicator mechanism 215 and two inputs.
  • a kinematic link 221 (called the fourth kinematic chain 221) connects the hours mobile 207 to a first of the two inputs.
  • the mechanism 216 is driven by the mobile hours through its first input, said drive input.
  • the cam follower (not shown) is connected to the second input by a kinematic chain 212 (called first kinematic chain 212) arranged to transmit the variations in the profile of the cam.
  • the mechanism 216 is controlled by the profile of the cam 211 through its second input, called control input.
  • the output of the mechanism 216 is arranged to drive the indicator mechanism at the speed of one revolution in 24 hours.
  • the mechanism 216 drives the indicator mechanism with a certain phase shift with respect to the second kinematic chain 220.
  • the mechanism 216 can be realized in multiple ways without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • it may be a differential mechanism, especially a differential mechanism as described in the patent document. EP 2 977 832 .
  • It can also be a disengaging mechanism, including a disengaging mechanism as described in the patent document EP 3,007,012 .
  • the mechanism 101 comprises a first barrel 2, said inner barrel, intended to be conventionally mounted for rotation, about an axis of rotation X, on a roadway C driven by the drive mechanism 103 (shown in figure 1 ).
  • the Canon Inside 2 carries a pointer needle 4 forming an hour hand, which is driven externally on a free end of the barrel 2 projecting from the mechanism 101.
  • the inner barrel 2 thus forms a gun of hours, and it supports a first externally toothed wheel 6, said lower wheel, comprising a plate 7. It will be specified here that advantageously this lower wheel 6 forms a wheel hours, and it meshes with a wheel 8 (partially shown) of the minute wheel 106 ( figure 1 ). In normal operation, this hour wheel 6 receives a time information delivered by the wheel 8 of the timer, information that it transmits, as will be understood below, indirectly to the inner barrel hours 2 and the indicator needle 4 Indeed, the lower hour wheel 6 is mounted free to rotate on the gun hours 2.
  • the gun hours 2 has at its end which is opposite its free end carrying the needle 4, a flange 10 forming a shoulder freely supporting a star 12 on which the wheel 6 is fixedly fixed.
  • the star 12 comprises a board 13, an external toothing 14 and a circular collar 16 formed to edge adjacent to the toothing 14, behind and so coaxial to this one, under plate 13.
  • the hour wheel 6 is fixedly held on the star 12 flank against its toothing 14.
  • the hour wheel 6 via the central portion of its board 7 which has a through bore, is engaged by force externally on the collar 16, by driving and / or riveting.
  • the star 12 and the hour wheel 6 are therefore directly integral in rotation and, in this example, they form, thanks to their assembly, a single insert on the barrel hours 2.
  • the star 12 and the hour wheel 6 can therefore move together concomitantly under the effect of the wheel 8 of the timer.
  • the time shift mechanism further comprises two drive rollers 20 which are stepped and which each have a cylindrical base 22 from which extends normally a stud 24.
  • the rollers are both engaged at rest , by their base 22, in the toothing 14 of the star 12 and they rest freely and laterally by this base against the side, not referenced, of the board 7 of the hour wheel 6.
  • This rest position is likewise represented in top view at the Figure 2B .
  • the rollers 20 are furthermore maintained in this rest position in the toothing 14, resiliently by elastic return means 26 which are formed here by a closed annular spring, mounted coaxially with the star 12 and acting radially on the outer periphery of the base 22 of the rollers 20.
  • the spring 26 is mounted freely against the drive rollers 20, without any fixed attachment to the workpiece 1.
  • the spring 26 rests more freely against, and more particularly on the board 7 of the hour wheel 6.
  • the spring 26 is therefore self-supported and self-centered.
  • the time shift mechanism further comprises a second barrel 30, said outer barrel, which has a guide bore 31 and which is mounted externally by this bore 31 on the first barrel 2.
  • This second barrel 30 supports a second wheel externally toothed 32 disposed above the lower wheel hours 6 and said upper wheel.
  • the upper wheel 32 comprises a board 33 and meshes with its outer teeth with a wheel 34 itself driven by a corrector member manually operable from outside the timepiece.
  • the upper wheel 34 thus forms a wheel for shifting the time, which, as will be understood, directly corrects the position of the gun hours 2 and the indicator needle 4, without affecting the timer and therefore without disturbing others hourly information, such as the minute and the second, which are normally kinematically related to the hours 2 canon via said timer.
  • the outer barrel 30 is forcibly mounted externally on the inner barrel hours 2 and is therefore attached thereto. These two guns are thus integral in rotation and they can move together. It will be understood that the gun of the hours 2, the outer barrel 30 and the upper wheel 34 together form the mobile of the hours 107.
  • the upper correction wheel 34 can thus act on the inner barrel of the hours 2 by means of the outer barrel 30 .
  • the clock of the hours 2 is furthermore driven in normal operation by the timer 106, and in particular by the wheel 8 of the timer.
  • the plate 33 of the correction wheel 32 are formed radial grooves 36 in which are freely engaged pins 24 which can translate radially therein.
  • the rollers 20 can therefore rotate the correction wheel 32, and the two guns 2 and 30, when the star 12 is itself driven by the hour wheel 6.
  • the user of the timepiece must rotate the correction wheel 34, the rollers 20 are then moved angularly and (while the star 12 and the hour wheel 7 remain fixed) jump into the toothing 14 of the star 12 by ovalizing the spring 26.
  • the rollers 20 then return in the toothing 14 of the star 12, in the rest position, but staggered with respect to the position of the figure 3B . Needle 4 then indicates another time zone. It will be specified that although the teeth of the star 12 has 12 teeth in the figures (to indicate the 12 hours), this teeth could include 24 for an application to a timepiece, type 24 h.

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US15/835,497 US10775744B2 (en) 2016-12-23 2017-12-08 Timepiece comprising a day/night display that takes account of seasonal variations
JP2017237457A JP6473798B2 (ja) 2016-12-23 2017-12-12 季節変動を考慮した昼夜表示を備えた時計
CN201711406559.4A CN108241282B (zh) 2016-12-23 2017-12-22 包括考虑季节变化的昼/夜显示装置的钟表
HK18116390.2A HK1257134A1 (zh) 2016-12-23 2018-12-21 包括考慮季節變化的晝/夜顯示裝置的鐘錶

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